Medicare: Impact of OBRA-90's Dialysis Provisions on Providers and Beneficiaries

Pursuant to a legislative requirement, GAO provided information on how Medicare End-Stage Renal Disease Program (ESRD) patients are affected by provisions requiring employer-sponsored health care plans to pay for dialysis before Medicare does, focusing on the: (1) amount of money dialysis providers receive; and (2) out-of-pocket payments that Medicare beneficiaries make.